Drawer pull



L. BROOK DRAWER PULL OCt.

Filed July 16, 1956 MM w . INVENTOR- Ll'n 5 WBPOOkS BY 5 j United States Patent O DRAWER PULL Linzy W. Brooks, Portland, reg., assignor of one-half to Eugene D. Farley, Portland, Oreg.

Application July 16, 1956, Serial No. 598,100

3 Claims. (Cl. 16-125) This invention relates to drawer pulls.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a composite view in side elevation illustrating the presently described drawer pull and the manner of mounting it on a drawer panel;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 22 of Fig. 1 and illustrating one form of panel marking means associated with the pull for facilitating its mounting on the anel; p Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view of the surface of a drawer panel marked with the marking means of the pull of Figs. 1 and 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 2 but illustrating another form of drawer panel marking means associated with the presently described pull; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view similar to Fig. 3 but illustrating the pattern impressed on the drawer panel by the marking means illustrated in Fig. 4.

As is apparent from Fig. 1, the present invention is concerned with drawer pulls of the class provided with spaced recesses for the reception of screws or other connecting means extending through perforations in the drawer face panel and into the recesses in the pull. In installing pulls of this class, it is imperative that the distance A between the perforations in the panel be substantially equal to the distance B between the recesses in the pull so that the former may be precisely aligned with the latter.

To secure the required precision of alignment when installing currently available drawer pulls, painstaking and time consuming measurement and marking of the drawer panel are required. It is the general object of the present invention to provide a drawer pull having integral marking means which make possible mounting the pull on the drawer panel rapidly, easily, and without the necessity of making such careful measurements.

The drawer pull of this invention which accomplishes the foregoing and other desirable objects, comprises a central or handle segment 12 interconnecting a pair of base segments 14, 16. The base segments have fiat coplanar surfaces 18, 20 adapted to overlie a drawer panel 22 on which the pull is to be mounted.

The base segments are provided with recesses adapted to receive connecting means for connecting the pull to the panel and which preferably comprise tapped openings 24, 26 such as are illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4. These are dimensioned to receive screws 28, 30 respectively.

For locatiing and sizing perforations 32, 34 to be formed through panel 22 for the accommodation of screws 28, 30, the presently described drawer pull is provided with marking means such as are illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4. In the embodiment of Fig. 2 the marking means comprises annular projections 36, 38 which are formed in- Patented Oct. 1, 1957 tegrally with the pull and substantially immediately surround recesses 24, 26 respectively. In the embodiment of Fig. 4 the marking means comprise a plurality of spaced prongs or spurs 40 which may be formed to advantage integrally with the pull and which immediately encircle the periphery of the tapped openings in the pull.

In use, the pulls first are pressed upon the panel surface in the location in which they are to be mounted. When the marking means comprises the annular projection of Fig. 2, a ring 42 having an appearance similar to that illustrated in Fig. 3 is indented on the panel surface. However, when the marking means comprises spurs such as are illustrated in Fig. 4, a segmental ring 44 similar to that illustrated in Fig. 5 is impressed on the panel surface.

In either case, the location and dimension of the rings indicate the location and dimension of the openings to be formed through the panel. The openings then may be drilled and screws 28, 30 or other connecting means inserted therethrough and into the recesses in the pull. This may be done easily and quickly, without mutilation of the panel or the pull since the openings are aligned precisely. Then when the screws or other connecting means are drawn tight, the projections or spurs extending outwardly from the pull penetrate the drawer panel surface appreciably, further securing the pull in place.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A drawer pull comprising a central segment interconnecting two base segments, each base segment having a surface adapted to overlie a drawer panel on which the pull is to be mounted, each base segment having also a threaded recess opening out on said surface and dimensioned to receive a threaded connecting member for connecting the pull to the panel, and a circumferential projection extending from each base surface in axial alignment with the corresponding threaded recess, each projection being tapered outwardly to a circumferential marking edge having a diameter concentric with and substantially equal to the maximum diameter of the threaded recess, whereby the projections function as marking means immediately surrounding each opening for locating and sizing spaced perforations through a face panel for the reception of the connecting members, with the spacing between the perforations in the panel being substantially equal to the spacing between the recesses in the pull.

2. The drawer pull of claim 1 wherein the marking means comprises an annular projection about each recess.

3. The drawer pull of claim 1 wherein the marking means comprises a plurality of circumferentially spaced prongs about each recess.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 186,105 Bristol Jan. 9, 1877 798,828 Powell Sept. 5, 1905 1,077,643 Satka Nov. 4, 1913 1,487,264 Raymer Mar. .18, 1924 1,945,216 Dunham Jan. 30, 1934 2,092,653 Nielsen Sept. 7, 1937 2,250,495 Miller July 29, 1941 

